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Maintaining Cooperation on the Colorado River A wet 2019 brought the water level in Lake Powell up.
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Municipal Water Leader: Please tell us about your background and how you came to be in your current position.
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Jim Broderick: I’ve been executive director of Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District since January 2003. The district is on the eastern plains of the Colorado and brings water from the Colorado River. The Southeastern District supplies supplemental water from the Colorado River basin for municipal and agricultural uses in the Arkansas River basin through the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project. Return flows from Fryingpan-Arkansas Project water are an important supply for well-augmentation groups. Municipal Water Leader: Please tell us about your position at CRWUA. Jim Broderick: I am currently the president of CRWUA. This is my second year of a 2-year term, so it is my last year. I was previously vice president. I’ve been involved
PHOTO COURTESY OF CRWUA.
he Colorado River Water Users Association (CRWUA) helps coordinate the activities of the seven Colorado River basin states—Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming—as well as Indian tribes and the country of Mexico on the Colorado River. Each year, it brings water users together for a major conference at which each state and water user has a chance to make its voice heard. In 2020, the basin states will be implementing the drought contingency plan (DCP) that was agreed to in 2019 and will be looking forward to establishing new guidelines for 2026. In this interview, CRWUA President Jim Broderick speaks with Municipal Water Leader about the organization’s history, present, and future.
